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1845-1990, predominant 1940-1980 (Creation)
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1.92 m of textual material 1 framed sketch : col., acrylic, pencil crayon, wood frame 1 poster : col. 3 empty blending powder tins : metal, red and yellow, circular
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Charles Palmer was an actor in Great Britain before coming to Canada. He met Lillian Graham at the Express Film Agency in London, England. In 1937 they married and immigrated to Vancouver, Canada where Charles Palmer served as a Royal Canadian Army Services Corps captain at a supply station in Dawson Creek. In 1946, they moved to Toronto to focus on their performing careers. Charles Palmer was born in Darlington, England, and died in 1978. Charles Palmer performed in many stage productions, served with the Earle Grey Company for nine years, toured with the Canadian Players for two years, and preformed at the Shaw Festival, the Charlottetown Festival and most of the Toronto theaters. He had many television and film roles, did many voice-overs for radio productions, and did for many television commercials including the “Mr. Christie, you make good cookies” advertising campaign.
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The collection consists of programs, scripts, magazines, contacts, and other materials related to the careers of Charles Palmer and Lillian Graham in Canadian, community, and professional theater and on radio and television. Fonds is comprised of the following series: Scripts: radio and television Scripts By-Laws, Constitutions, Agreements Programs, Magazines Specific shows, theaters and magazines
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Donated in 1995 by Marjorie Tallevi, daughter of Charles Palmer and Lillian Graham.
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Open
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Copyright, normally, is held by the creator. Materials cannot be published without the permission of the copyright holder. Single copies can be made for research and study purposes.
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Associated materials
Shaw Festival Archives, Theater Plus Archives, Stratford Festival Collection, Royal Alexandra Theatre Collection
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Further accruals are not expected.
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- Shaw Festival (Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont.) (Subject)
- Stratford Festival (Subject)
- Royal Alexandra Theatre (Subject)
- Theatre Plus (Subject)